Graphic Design Foundation Certificate

Certificate
Fine Arts & Social Science Division

Program Code: GRDE1

Gainful Employment Disclosure Data

Office: Visual Arts and Design Center (VADC) 100

Phone: (810) 762-0443

Program Coordinator: James Shurter, Associate Professor of Design

Phone: (810) 232-2075

This certificate offers students a one-year option in graphic design. It will give them beginning art and design skills that could potentially allow them to enter the workforce as a production artist. It also provides them with foundation courses that would allow them to transfer into a bachelors program in design.

Occupational Specialty Courses

ART.-131 Drawing
ART.-132 Drawing II
DESN-100 Design Careers
DESN-115 Intro to Design
DESN-120 Digital Imaging I
DESN-121 Digital Imaging II
DESN-130 Type I
Choose one of the following:
ART.-110 Art Appreciation
ART.-113 Art History Prehistoric to Early Renaissance
ART.-114 Art History High Renaissance to Modern
Choose one of the following:
ART.-133 Basic Illustration
ART.-221 Screen Printing I
MAET-100 Intro to Media Production
MKTG-150 Principles of Marketing
MKTG-253 Advertising

Group Total: Credits 25-26 / 35-38 Contact Hours

Related Requirement Courses

Group Total: Credits 6 / 6 Contact Hours

Program Total: Credits 31-32 / 41-44 Contact Hours

Notes:

All course and degree requirements must be met
15 credits minimum must be earned at MCC
Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0